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No. Nearly every trade agreement has ISDS. We dutch are in the top 2 for countries that file the most ISDS claims. In the majority of trade agreements there is a paragraph that ISDS cases are done in absolute secrecy. Most claims never reach the public.

No. Nearly every trade agreement has ISDS. We dutch are in the top 2 for countries that file the most ISDS claims. In the majority of trade agreements there is a paragraph that ISDS cases are done in absolute secrecy. Most claims never reach the public.

It saddens me that you are correct. My own countries has indeed signed many such agreements because our politicians either don't understand the consequences or do but don't care.

It saddens me that you are correct. My own countries has indeed signed many such agreements because our politicians either don't understand the consequences or do but don't care.

more often is that they fail to understand. For example take how the cookie law came into practice. OMG none of the 150 politicians in the second chamber actually know what a cookie is. Their ignorance is embarassing.